flema
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older flegma, borrowed from Late Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame, inflammation, phlegm”), from φλέγω (phlégō, “to set on fire, to burn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flema f (plural flemas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “flema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28